Clockwork futures : the science of steampunk and the reinvention of the modern world /
Schillace, Brandy,
Clockwork futures : the science of steampunk and the reinvention of the modern world / Brandy Schillace. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - xx, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The god of mathematics -- Clockwork boy and the mother machine -- Catching lightning in a bottle -- Into dark country -- The scientist and the engineer -- He who powers the future -- A wrench in the age of machinery -- Of acid and accident -- The science of Sherlock.
"Airships and electric submarines, automatons and mesmerists. Welcome to the wild world of steampunk. It is all speculative. Or is it? Meet the intrepid souls who pushed Victorian technology to its limits and paved the way for our present age... In the mesmerizing Clockwork Futures, Brandy Schillace reveals the science behind steampunk, which is every bit as extraordinary as what we might find in the work of Jules Verne, and sometimes, just as fearful"--Provided by publisher.
9781681775180 1681775182
Science--History--19th century.
Literature and technology--History--19th century.
Steampunk culture.
Clockwork futures : the science of steampunk and the reinvention of the modern world / Brandy Schillace. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - xx, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The god of mathematics -- Clockwork boy and the mother machine -- Catching lightning in a bottle -- Into dark country -- The scientist and the engineer -- He who powers the future -- A wrench in the age of machinery -- Of acid and accident -- The science of Sherlock.
"Airships and electric submarines, automatons and mesmerists. Welcome to the wild world of steampunk. It is all speculative. Or is it? Meet the intrepid souls who pushed Victorian technology to its limits and paved the way for our present age... In the mesmerizing Clockwork Futures, Brandy Schillace reveals the science behind steampunk, which is every bit as extraordinary as what we might find in the work of Jules Verne, and sometimes, just as fearful"--Provided by publisher.
9781681775180 1681775182
Science--History--19th century.
Literature and technology--History--19th century.
Steampunk culture.